The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-05-12

paIlor Of his long face, countenance not
unlike those ngly but attractive men at
the court Of Queen Elizabeth, narrow
faced, long iawed, weak in one way,
strong IN another His long fore1nger
reached up beside; his lean cheek and hoi-s
low temples TIL it was lost In his hair and
q great elf lock Of the latter tell on his
gaunt wrist. Somber eyes gazed raPtly
In the Goals and between the choked
pauses the words came thick and QUICK.
An idea struck me suddenly. Not any
longer practical Catholic, was the need
Of confessing himself working within, and
causing him to tell me, his acquaintance,
what be ought TO have told to some whom
lie considered ccmnniss sioned by heaven to
hear hjm' ~
sssThere was fellow student OF mine"
he said, Ia sentences interrupted by pauses
Of which he tool; no heed, "who had an
order from church to paint Madonna.
It was the occsslon Of his life, for he had
lived hitherto In grim fight with starva-
ton. having been too proud to apply to
HIS relatiyes for belp in his distress. Money
waspiyeI him Is buy materials and hire
models; he went away for aweek into the
country TO be absolutely alone, and hnaing
that the country was less lonely than the
town, returned and did Little but haunt
the churches. BE was a. good 7Gathoiic
then and complied with all the regulations
Of the church. At last-the idea he
sought came to hfm-but@ mot at church
oh, mo, not while. good thoughts were IN
his mind-but at the opera while ballet
was being performed. He had gone there,
solhe told me, to escape from the pressure
of worry over this picture. Chance naa
:it that among the crowd on the stage per-
forming apart IN thechorus after q fashion
was face which, Il not IN al respects
fitted for Madonna was e; ;tne arlsts
eye perfect as model Thas feature
changed q bit, the other tenlarged-ano
there was the Queen OF Heaven, Ike ana
yet unlike the type handed down with an
the imposing traditions OF Italyl MY
friend was wild. with delight. BE be-
sieged the box office and guarded the exit
from the. stage. At, LAST his divinity ap-
,peared, shabby, demure, angereo at ms
aimpetuous address, but at LAST mon1eo,
interested, appeased, ana 10 nne persuaoeo
to cometo his studio the f0lOW1ng day3
y 'ttshe was ,a q younp. she was lovely, she
was a yfrtuous eirl from the country, whom
n series of cruel disasters had thrown on
her own resources, and 1t was not long be-
fore nv friend came to value, admire, to
love her in his own way.-not q good way,
.it seems and give her plainly to know his
feelings The folly; OF it viii not be: real.
sized byyou who are not IAN artist, for 1t
there IS one thing more insane than another
it IS for an artist to think of bis model in
any but ea severely professional way.
However. my friend was young and FOOL.
ish; he was very, very lonely; and 30 was
.she. They Mnched together, walked to-
gether, read together, He taught her, 80
he thought, to be Q Christian, Tor she q had p
belonged tosome queer sect or other tnat
protests against Protestants, such as our
country abounds In. The Madonna was
almost, nay, It WAS quite finished when-
what might have been fforetoln occurred
There Was week OF niiss, 9 montn o1
agony, and one morning hef nat ana Yeh
were found on q pier. The great river, IN
whose babbhng springs She had dabbled
her childish feet, took her to its bosom,
away from the unkindness, the vileness.
sot mankind. -
Brown had brought the lean, long nana
Delore MS lace, Du5 caug91 lae gaIVet VI
moisture ON MS cheek anu ms VOICE was
husky. <...s .z,. y
And the Madonna IS nuws Z
q asain Tasinn al s HIS cslors sil sac again after
vear had passed away he oblitarated the
Whole sn,ctnre. !. Over that he PAINTED a
sniss sls,1 - tha North r,ver no one NAV see It
=, .r;n+ar ~ Nv, st ,,;ohtfo1Jt when the ferry
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a.s stsa1s - s. aSstsanS oroan - at their moor.
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s 1,1a+ y tooI that mn an wes, First; fnallow
T;Inssif Z 4 ri to love no;ieI then to trifie with
H., tLanNbnt nonsenssI what. .is, II In,
.sas .ss, T,,,.,a h;n,t NJ con r. a1I-sncb a
nair.;S~as LII, @ that, % A ma;p5ramafic thinoi,
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poor Lning, al9 saomss esso sst az 41 4bs
gtave, sis nei ;es.s SS ;eso s1.H az. Hana 1;a1,
ss'lst 80 aastS go = hasHsn = and rGod,s brscht
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Sun, Smao @ S.s - ~ th;s ;anola-a1t ~ ort.
neia my Ilsase W as sss;n. s.o = annth;nn and and
passS, es.,.. nsspsuiu spsea =. that nv wrsfcSad he'd
eIeaay es;anJ ospa,s nth certs,, d;stortions of
ssisnu ipD ,.",,Yu WV usaS ~ rros ] ro1at;ne, [ IN
a.'' iscs ess ne eollots a9eu' "a0 Ao1' :
me no less an incident than the one which
had changed and bIghted his life.
'.sBut what nonsense I am talking" he
suddenly continued, Tiny poor friends
poor friend could not be buried at all
then why should he have painted land
scape over her? She is; there, FAR OFF there,
under the sands OF the Hook, or her bones
are deep in the ooze Of the bayp
,ss AS he gaid this his long arm with the
long hand seemed to stretch away In the
freight as II 1t could point exactly to the
spot where that hapless child. lay buried.
Icould stand the strain no longer and
started up. But he was quicker than /,
and before 7 could oppose the movement
had seized his hat and was gone.
How long I stood I do not know, but
the certainty that he had confessed hls
crime to me was paramount I wanted
Hght-compan and, striking
match, touched it toa candle before Henry
Browns masterpiece. In the center, where
fhn hIOcSnmS from fI16 emile trees were